EP2707856B1 - Method and system for establishing the shape of the occlusal access cavity in endodontic treatment - Google Patents

Method and system for establishing the shape of the occlusal access cavity in endodontic treatment Download PDF

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EP2707856B1
EP2707856B1 EP11819162.6A EP11819162A EP2707856B1 EP 2707856 B1 EP2707856 B1 EP 2707856B1 EP 11819162 A EP11819162 A EP 11819162A EP 2707856 B1 EP2707856 B1 EP 2707856B1
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  • the present application relates to methods, computer programs and software, tools and systems for establishing the shape of the occlusal access cavity in endodontic treatment.
  • the tooth pulp and nerves are removed from the root canals when they have been injured or are diseased.
  • Treatment can be performed surgically by removing the apex of the tooth root (aka an apicoectomy) and sealing (obturating) the root canal via an access hole made through the jaw bone of the patient.
  • the more conventional treatment approach is to open the tooth occlusally, create a cavity (including the pulp chamber) providing access to the canal orifices, remove the diseased pulp and nerves, remove the diseased dentin by using specialized instruments such as endodontic files) to mechanically shape the root canals, clean and disinfect the root canals by means of specific irrigation media, and seal and obturate them to prevent any bacterial re-access to the treated zone.
  • Patent application PCT/EP2011/052457 teaches a method and system for 3D digital endodontics characterized in that 3D imaging equipment such as a CT or MRI scanner, ultrasound or the like are used to digitize the ailing tooth or teeth, subsequently a 3D representation of the root canal system is extracted from the image data and visualized on a computer screen, and a surgical template is designed to guide the endodontic instruments to localize the root canal(s) intra operatively.
  • the location of the root canal orifices is determined by extracting the root canal system from the image data e.g. by indicating points along the axis of the root canal in one or multiple slices of the image set. These points are connected and make up a 3D line graph representative of the root canal system of the tooth.
  • WO2011019846 discusses a dental handpiece with and integrated camera and computer that allows for pre-programmed procedural steps and feedback as the treatment proceeds.
  • the computer transmits camera images and data retrieved from integrated sensors to the dental professional via an attached monitor.
  • the described method and system however does not discuss shaping or preparing the access cavity to the pulp chamber, e.g. in order to prevent instrument fracture or optimize the prosthetic restorative capabilities after the endodontic intervention.
  • the described method and system does not discuss calculating the shape or outline of the best access cavity to the root canal.
  • the access cavity shown in a case study is not calculated per se independently of the selected endodontic tools but is an access cavity obtained after drilling the tooth by the selected tool, tool path and direction according to the disclosed method.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a method, tools or system for defining and representing the shape and geometry of the occlusal access cavity to the tooth roots prior to endodontic treatment.
  • another object of the present invention is to provide a method, tools or system for transferring the information about the desired shape of the occlusal access cavity to the tooth of the patient during endodontic treatment.
  • the present invention seeks to reduce or overcome at least one of the problems of the prior art methods and devices.
  • defining the shape and geometry of the occlusal access cavity to the tooth may be accomplished using a computer or a computer system such as a computer network.
  • Information of the geometry (internal and external) of the tooth to be treated may be acquired via one or more imaging techniques.
  • the nature of images (2D, 3D, surface information, volumetric information, etc.) used to capture the geometrical information about the tooth may vary as may the nature of the imaging technique used (X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, etc.). Potentially, multiple imaging modalities may be combined.
  • the acquired information is used to create a 3D computer model of the tooth, including its internal architecture i.e. root canals and pulp chamber.
  • the computer model may be visualized on any form of display device such as a computer screen, a projected display, a head mounted display, in sectional views or in a 3D representation such as a surface model or a volume rendering.
  • the locations of the entrances to the root canals (relative to the tooth's occlusal surface) as well as information about the 3D curvature of the root canals are extracted from the computer model of the tooth.
  • the level of automation of this step may vary.
  • the method and system is adapted, e.g. by providing suitable input means such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse pointer etc. and software to allow the user to input data.
  • points along the root canals may be indicated by any suitable means, e.g. via the graphical user interface or by entering their 3D coordinates numerically.
  • feature recognition algorithms or the like are used by the method or system to discriminate the root canals relative to the remainder of the tooth.
  • Yet other embodiments may require the system to use a combination of user input and/or image processing tools and/or statistical data of tooth-root geometry.
  • a shape of the access cavity is calculated.
  • the calculation may or may not take into account the information of the 3D curvature of the tooth and/or requirements relative to the desired prosthetic restoration of the tooth subsequent to endodontic treatment and/or requirements/limitations with respect to the use of endodontic instruments.
  • an outline is calculated on the occlusal surface of the tooth indicating the surface boundaries of the access cavity on the occlusal side of the tooth.
  • Means are provided for visualizing this outline on the display device such as the computer screen e.g. in an occlusal view of the tooth and transferred to the mouth of the patient e.g. by means of a custom made jig.
  • a significant advantage of the present invention is that clinicians are substantially aided in planning the root canal treatment by having unambiguous guidelines implemented on how to optimally shape the access cavity in function of patient specific information.
  • the invention also constitutes a considerable saving in chair time given that the clinician can start the treatment knowing how many root canals must be cleaned, where to look and how to dimension the access cavity. There is no need for exploration during the treatment itself, nor is there any uncertainty left about whether or not all necessary root canals have been treated.
  • Another advantage of the current invention is that the access cavity can be easily prepared to assure straight line access to the root canals and minimal bending of the endodontic instruments to avoid their breakage.
  • a three-dimensional computer model (16) of the tooth (1) including the pulp chamber (2) and the root canals (3) is required and obtained. Tooth enamel, bone and soft tissue are visible.
  • the method starts when said three-dimensional computer model (16) is available.
  • the locations of the root canal orifices (4) are extracted from the computer model (16) of the tooth (1).
  • this step is fully automated.
  • the automation consists of the following sequence of actions performed by the system (17).
  • the apical-coronal (longitudinal) axis (5) of the tooth (1) is determined. This can be done e.g.
  • planar intersection curves i.e. contours
  • the result is a set of contours giving a 2.5D representation (7) of the tooth (1).
  • This set of contours consists in outer contours (8) representing the tooth surface (10) and inner contours (9) representing root canals (3) and pulp chamber (2).
  • the locations of the entrance points (4) to the root canals are determined by screening the planar intersections (slices) (6) along the axis, in the apical direction of the tooth (1), starting at a given distance relative to the coronal (i.e.
  • the transition from pulp chamber (2) to root canal(s) (3) is marked either by the fact that the area (21) enclosed by the inner contour (9) of the tooth (1) reaches a predetermined threshold value (as is typically the case for incisors) or by the fact that the inner contour (9) divides in multiple contours (12) (as typical in the case of a molar or premolar). The latter can occur at different levels along the longitudinal tooth axis (5) e.g. in case of three or more roots. Having determined the slices (14) that mark the transition between the pulp chamber (2) and the root canals (3), the locations of the root canal orifices (4) are given by e.g. the centers of gravity (13) of the inner contours corresponding to those slices.
  • the automation consists in the use of feature recognition algorithms by the system.
  • Features (15) are mathematical representations (e.g. matrices) of the possible shapes of a tooth root canal (3).
  • a feature is recognized for instance when a given correlation value becomes greater than a certain value.
  • the root canal orifices are given as an input to the system (17).
  • This approach requires interaction with the end-user, which can be facilitated by the system (17) by means of a graphical user interface (18) that allows the user to indicate the relevant points (4) on the 3D computer model (16) directly.
  • the input may be given numerically by entering into the system (17) the coordinates of the entrance points e.g. via a keyboard (19).
  • information about the 3D curvature of the root canals (3) is extracted from the computer model (16) of the tooth (1).
  • the midline (20) of every root canal (3) may be determined (semi-) automatically by the system (17).
  • the calculation of these 3D midlines (20) may also be automated to various degrees.
  • a 3D curve (22) is fitted through a number of points (23) along the root canal (3), whereby these points (23) have been given as input by the user into the system (17).
  • More advanced implementations may use slices (6) as described previously to determine successive center points of gravity (14) for the contours (6) along the root(s) canals (3) and fit a curve. Other implementations are possible.
  • 3D curve (22) associated with every root canal (3) 3D curvatures are yielded by applying the appropriate mathematical formulae.
  • the system (17) determines the shape of the access cavity (31) to the pulp chamber (2) based on at least the locations of the entrances (4) to the root canals (3).
  • a plane (24) is fitted through the occlusal surface (11) of the tooth (1).
  • the entrance points (4) to the root canals (3) are projected into that plane (24) according to a direction perpendicular to said plane (24).
  • a circle (26) is defined with a predefined diameter e.g. 100 ⁇ m.
  • the circles (26) are then connected in the plane (24) with straight lines (27) in such a manner that all circles are engulfed by the resulting boundary (28), minimizing the enclosed surface area (29).
  • the boundary (28) will consist in a single circle.
  • the boundary (28) is then extruded along the apico-coronal (longitudinal) axis (5) of the tooth (1) and the intersection (29) of the resulting 3D volume (30) with the 3D model (16) of the tooth (1) is calculated.
  • the shape of the intersecting part (29) between the occlusal surface (11) and the pulp chamber (22) defines the shape of the (in this case parallel walled) access cavity (31).
  • the system (17) uses the additional information about the roots' 3D curvatures to calculate the shape of the access cavity (31).
  • a straight line (33) per root canal (3) is defined going through the entrance point (4) of the root canal (3) and fitted through a predetermined portion(32) of the 3D curve (22) associated with said root canal (3).
  • the line (33) is fitted through the entire 3D curve (22).
  • the resulting lines (33) for each root canal (3) are extended to the occlusal surface (11) of the tooth (1).
  • the points of emergence (34) of the lines (33) from the occlusal surface (11) are next connected with curves (35) on said surface (11) according to a shortest length principle.
  • the access cavity (31) may be a single hole (with a given diameter), two separate holes or a slot (i.e. a line cavity with a given width).
  • the walls (38) of the access cavity (31) are given by the respective ruled surfaces generated by connecting line segments between corresponding points on the straight lines (33) extending from the root canals (3).
  • the lines (33) fitted through the portion (32) of the 3D curve (22) associated with the respective root canals (3) are extended to the surface (39) of the pulp chamber (2) and the intersection points (40) with said surface (39) are calculated. Said points (40) are connected with curves on the surface (39) according to the shortest path.
  • the thereby outlined boundary (41) is projected onto the occlusal surface (11), thus defining the shape of the access cavity (31).
  • the walls (38) of the access cavity (31) are defined as a sweep of a line parallel to the direction of the projection along the boundary (41).
  • the direction of the projection can for instance be the average direction of the extended lines (33) associated with the respective root canals (3), or perpendicular to a plane (24) fitted through the occlusal surface (11) of the tooth (1) or even randomly specified by the end-user of the system (17).
  • the boundary (41) outlined on the surface (39) of the pulp chamber (2) can be given an outward offset before projection onto the occlusal surface (11).
  • the The system (17) can use additional information about the desired prosthetic reconstruction (42) to determine the shape and size of the access cavity (31).
  • the prosthetic restoration (42) of the tooth (1) subsequent to the endodontic treatment can be a dental crown (43). Certain requirements exist for preparing the tooth stump (44) onto which the crown (43) will be cemented.
  • the crown (43) Given a desired insertion direction (45) of the crown (43) onto the tooth stump (44), the latter must be prepared in such a manner that there are no undercuts (46) when cementing the crown (43) on top of the tooth stump (44).
  • the preparation marginal edge (47) of the tooth stump (44) must have a certain profile allowing the smooth transition (i.e. the emergence profile) from the crown (43) to the root (48).
  • the stump (44) must be ground down evenly (often more or less conically). This grinding process however must be controlled because of minimum thickness (D) requirements between the surface (49) of the tooth stump (44) and the pulp chamber (2).
  • the cavity (31) suggested by the system based solely on the principal of straight line access / minimal bending may render it impossible for the clinician to afterwards prepare the stump (44) adequately e.g. because too much material (51) has been removed to gain access to the canals (3).
  • This can be rectified by the system (17).
  • two lines are drawn in each of the entrance points (4) of the root canals (3), one line (52) parallel to the predefined insertion direction of the prosthetic element and one line 33) fitted through the 3D curve (or a part thereof) following the respective root canal.
  • Each pair of lines (53) originates in the respective entrance point (4) of the root canals (3).
  • the system (17) calculates for each root canal (3) the respective bisector (54) of said pair of lines (53).
  • the bisectors (54) are now used in the calculation of the shape of the access cavity (31) (as described earlier).
  • the system (17) allows for the outline (36) of the access cavity (31) on the occlusal surface (11) of the tooth (1) to be transferred into the mouth of the patient.
  • the system (17) designs a jig (55) that fits onto the occlusal (and/or lingual and buccal) surface (11) of the tooth (1) (and/or the neighbouring teeth), and incorporates the outline (36) of the access cavity (31) e.g. as a central opening (56) in the jig (55).
  • the outline can thus be traced onto the tooth using a medical marker.
  • Said jig may be manufactured using a variety of techniques such as milling, rapid prototyping or the like.
  • the system (17) outputs via the graphical user interface an occlusal view (57) of the tooth (1) with the boundary (36) of the cavity (31) indicated on a 1:1scale.
  • This view can for instance be converted into a tool by being printed on transparent plastic (58) and used during the endodontic treatment as an overlay on the tooth (1) to match up with the actual cavity preparation.
  • More advanced systems can be contemplated e.g. where the overlay is projected onto glasses (59) worn during the endodontic treatment and corrected in function of movements of the head relative to the position of the tooth (1) .
  • navigation systems (60) allowing visualization of the endodontic instruments and the tooth with indication of the boundary (36) of the cavity (31) on the computer screen during the preparation of the access cavity (31) can guide the dental specialist in preparing the access cavity (31) as planned.
  • Fig. 12 is a schematic representation of a computing system which can be utilized with the methods and in a system according to the present invention including computer programs such as 3-maticTM as supplied by Materialise N.V., Leuven, Belgium.
  • a computer 150 is depicted which may include a video display terminal 159, a data input means such as a keyboard 155, and a graphic user interface indicating means such as a mouse 156.
  • Computer 150 may be implemented as a general purpose computer, e.g. a UNIX workstation or a personal computer.
  • Computer 150 includes a Central Processing Unit (“CPU”) 151, such as a conventional microprocessor of which a Pentium processor supplied by Intel Corp. USA is only an example, and a number of other units interconnected via bus system 154.
  • the bus system 154 may be any suitable bus system the above figure is only schematic.
  • the computer 150 includes at least one memory.
  • Memory may include any of a variety of data storage devices known to the skilled person such as random-access memory (“RAM”), read-only memory (“ROM”), and non-volatile read/write memory such as a hard disc as known to the skilled person.
  • computer 150 may further include random-access memory (“RAM”) 152, read-only memory (“ROM”) 153, as well as a display adapter 1512 for connecting system bus 154 to a video display terminal 159, and an optional input/output (I/O) adapter 1511 for connecting peripheral devices (e.g., disk and tape drives 158) to system bus 154.
  • Video display terminal 159 can be the visual output of computer 150, which can be any suitable display device such as a CRT-based video display well-known in the art of computer hardware. However, with a desk-top computer, a portable or a notebook-based computer, video display terminal 159 can be replaced with a LCD-based or a gas plasma-based flat panel display.
  • Computer 150 further includes user interface adapter 1510 for connecting a keyboard 155, mouse 156, and optional speaker 157.
  • the relevant data describing the 3-D model may be input directly into the computer using the keyboard 155 or from storage devices such as 158, after which a processor carries out a method in accordance with the present invention. Any of the results of the method may be transmitted to a further near or remote location, e.g. a printing or CAD/CAM processing facility to manufacture crowns, jigs, tools such as printed plastic templates (as described above) in accordance with the details provided by computer 150.
  • a printing system or CAD/CAM manufacturing unit 1516 may also be connected via a communications adapter 1517 to bus 154 connecting computer 150 to a data network such as the Internet, an Intranet a Local or Wide Area network (LAN or WAN) or a CAN.
  • the manufacturing unit 1516 may receive a descriptor file suitable for the manufacture of crowns, jigs, tools such as printed plastic templates (as described above), directly from computer 150 running a computer program for establishing the shape of the occlusal access cavity in endodontic treatment in accordance with the present invention or a value or descriptor file derived from such an output of computer 150.
  • the unit 1516 may receive the relevant design data indirectly on a suitable signal storage medium such as a diskette, a replaceable hard disc, an optical storage device such as a CD-ROM or DVDROM, a magnetic tape or similar.
  • Computer 150 also includes a graphical user interface that resides within machine-readable media to direct the operation of computer 150. Any suitable machine-readable media may retain the graphical user interface, such as a random access memory (RAM) 152, a read-only memory (ROM) 153, a magnetic diskette, magnetic tape, or optical disk (the last three being located in disk and tape drives 158). Any suitable operating system and associated graphical user interface (e.g., Microsoft Windows, Linux) may direct CPU 151.
  • computer 150 includes a control program 1517 that resides within computer memory storage 1561. Control program 1571 contains instructions that when executed on CPU 151 allow the computer 150 to carry out the operations described with respect to any of the methods of the present invention.
  • the computer 150 may be used in a computer based method for 3D digital endodontics, 3D imaging equipment being used to digitize an image of an infected tooth or teeth to thereby form image data.
  • the 3D imaging equipment is for generation of volumetric data such as a CT scanner, an MRI scanner, or an ultrasound scanner.
  • the user interface is preferably adapted to extract the shape of the occlusal access cavity from the image data and visualized on a visual display unit.
  • the user interface is preferably adapted to allow 3D and cross-sectional views of the root canals on coronal, sagittal and/or transverse plans.
  • Software running on the computer system is preferably provided for determining the location of root canal orifices by extracting the root canal system from the image data. This step of extracting can be carried out by indicating points along the axis of the root canals in one or multiple slices of the image. The points can be connected and make up a 3D line graph representative of the root canal system of the tooth.
  • the user interface and the software running on the computer system are preferably adapted to visualize the orifice of each root canal as a point with a distinct colour.
  • the root canal orifices can be expressed as coordinates in a tooth specific coordinate system.
  • Fig. 12 may vary for specific applications.
  • peripheral devices such as optical disk media, audio adapters, or chip programming devices, such as PAL or EPROM programming devices well-known in the art of computer hardware, and the like may be utilized in addition to or in place of the hardware already described.
  • the computer program product for carrying out the method of the present invention can reside in any suitable memory.
  • the mechanisms of the present invention are capable of being distributed as a computer program product in a variety of forms, and that the present invention applies equally regardless of the particular type of signal bearing media used to actually carry out the distribution.
  • Examples of computer readable signal bearing media include: recordable type media such as floppy disks and CD ROMs, solid state memories, tape storage devices, magnetic disks.
  • the present invention also includes a software product which when executed on a suitable computing device carries out any of the methods of the present invention.
  • Suitable software can be obtained by programming in a suitable high level language such as C and compiling on a suitable compiler for the target computer processor.

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